Tuesday, October 18, 2011

CDC Statement on Results from RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine Trial

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CDC Statement on Results from RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine Trial

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention welcomes the announcement today that results from the clinical trial in Africa of a malaria vaccine candidate show it prevented about half of malaria cases, including the most severe, in young children.

The RTS,S/AS01 study results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, are a promising advance in development of a malaria vaccine for African children, which, if successful, could save hundreds of thousands of lives. In 2009, malaria caused the deaths of nearly 800,000 people; approximately 90 percent were children in Africa.  >>Learn more


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